Cost-effectiveness of a mental health drop-in centre for young people with long-term physical conditions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paediatric patients being treated for long-term physical health conditions (LTCs) have elevated mental health needs. However, mental health services in the community are difficult to access in the usual course of care for these patients. The Lucy Project - a self-referral drop-in access point-was a program to address this gap by enrolling patients for low-intensity psychological interventions during their treatment for LTCs. In this paper, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the Lucy Project.

Methods

Using a pre-post design, we evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the intervention by calculating the base-case incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) using outcomes data and expenses recorded by project staff. The target population was paediatric patients enrolle

SUBMITTER: Clarke H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9016208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature